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Genesis Capítulo 15
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Ge 15:1-21.
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Ge 15:1-21.
DIVINE ENCOURAGEMENT.
1. After these things--the conquest of the invading kings.
the word of the Lord--a phrase used, when connected with a vision, to denote a prophetic message.
Fear not, Abram--When the excitement of the enterprise was over, he had become a prey to despondency and terror at the probable revenge that might be meditated against him. To dispel his fear, he was favored with this gracious announcement. Having such a promise, how well did it become him (and all God's people who have the same promise) to dismiss fears, and cast all burdens on the Lord
(Ps 27:3).
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2. 主耶和華啊，你還要賜我甚麼呢？——在他心中，「我是你極大的賞賜」
[Ge 15:1]
這宣告只有一個意義，或者只從一個角度來看，就是關乎應許的成就，而他仍在經歷指望遲延的痛苦。
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2. Lord God, what wilt thou give?--To his mind the declaration, "I am thy exceeding great reward"
[Ge 15:1],
had but one meaning, or was viewed but in one particular light, as bearing on the fulfilment of the promise, and he was still experiencing the sickness of hope deferred.
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3. 大馬色的以利以謝……那生在我家中的人就是我的後嗣——按照遊牧部族的慣例，他最信任的僕人將成為他的財產和尊榮的繼承人。但這人只能藉着收養才能成為他的兒子；而這與他被鼓勵所懷的父母之望相比，差距何等之大！他的話流露出隱藏的煩躁，也許是他那素來聞名之美德的暫時失敗——即對神成就祂應許的時間和方式絕對順服。
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3. Eliezer of Damascus . . . one born in my house is mine heir--According to the usage of nomadic tribes, his chief confidential servant, would be heir to his possessions and honors. But this man could have become his son only by adoption; and how sadly would that have come short of the parental hopes he had been encouraged to entertain! His language betrayed a latent spirit of fretfulness or perhaps a temporary failure in the very virtue for which he is so renowned--and absolute submission to God's time, as well as way, of accomplishing His promise.
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4. 這人必不成為你的後嗣——對他起初所說的話，並沒有得着回答；但他以更合宜的順服之心重新提出，「我怎能知道我必得這地為業呢」
[Ge 15:8]，
他便因着一個最明確的應許得着喜樂，這應許隨即以一個特別的儀式予以堅定。
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4. This shall not be thine heir--To the first part of his address no reply was given; but having renewed it in a spirit of more becoming submission, "whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it"
[Ge 15:8],
he was delighted by a most explicit promise of Canaan, which was immediately confirmed by a remarkable ceremony.
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9-21. 你為我取一隻母牛等等——在重大的場合，當兩方或多方結盟之時，他們或者嚴格遵守與亞伯蘭所行的相同禮儀，或者在不如此行之時，便以那燃燈為見證。按照這些自古銘刻在東方人心中的觀念，耶和華親自屈尊與亞伯蘭立約。先祖沒有從祭牲之間經過，原因是他在這事上並沒有承擔任何義務。他求一個憑據，神便樂意給他一個憑據，按照東方的觀念，祂藉此約束了自己。照樣，神也與我們立了約；而在獨生子之榮耀中，祂在神與我們之間經過，一切相信的人，如同亞伯蘭一樣，在聖靈的恩賜中有一個記號或憑據，藉此他們可以知道自己必承受那屬天的迦南。
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9-21. Take me an heifer, &c.--On occasions of great importance, when two or more parties join in a compact, they either observe precisely the same rites as Abram did, or, where they do not, they invoke the lamp as their witness. According to these ideas, which have been from time immemorial engraven on the minds of Eastern people, the Lord Himself condescended to enter into covenant with Abram. The patriarch did not pass between the sacrifice and the reason was that in this transaction he was bound to nothing. He asked a sign, and God was pleased to give him a sign, by which, according to Eastern ideas, He bound Himself. In like manner God has entered into covenant with us; and in the glory of the only-begotten Son, who passed through between God and us, all who believe have, like Abram, a sign or pledge in the gift of the Spirit, whereby they may know that they shall inherit the heavenly Canaan.
Ge 15:1-21.
神的鼓勵。
1. 這事以後——即征服入侵諸王之後。
耶和華的話——這短語與異象相連時，用以指先知的信息。
亞伯蘭，不要懼怕——當那番事業的興奮過去之後，他便陷入沮喪，並因人或會策劃報復而恐懼。為驅散他的恐懼，他蒙了這恩典的宣告。既有這樣的應許，他（以及一切有同樣應許的神的百姓）何當卸下恐懼，將一切重擔交託耶和華
(詩 27:3)。